Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Tar River came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Tar River in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tar River. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Tar River data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Tar River:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Tar River is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Tar River. See our Misc Page for Tar River for more information.